NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

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ADHMNW O
32Answers
1Pangrams
124Maximum
87Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A3
D4
H3
M11
N3
W8

Words by length

415
57
66
72
81
91

Two-letter starts

AD1
AM1
AN1
DO4
HO3
MA3
MO8
NO3
WA1
WH3
WO4

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

W … D

Letter pattern

W•••••••D

O × 3

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

womanhood

Complete answer list

Reveal full answers — spoiler

A 3

  • adwoman
  • ammo
  • anon

D 4

  • dodo
  • doodad
  • doom
  • down

H 3

  • hood
  • hoodoo
  • howdah

M 11

  • madwoman
  • mammon
  • manhood
  • moan
  • momma
  • monad
  • mondo
  • mono
  • mood
  • moon
  • mown

N 3

  • nohow
  • nomad
  • noon

W 8

  • wahoo
  • whammo
  • whoa
  • whom
  • woman
  • womanhoodPangram
  • wood
  • woohoo

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 67/100, compared with 181 available puzzles through this date.

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